In the canon
Satirical Sketches
Lucian
- Form
- Form Satire
- Year
- Year 165 CE
- Originally in
- Originally in Ancient Greek
- Pages
- Pages 250
A True Story opens with a promise that every word to follow is a lie, and that confession turns out to be the only honest thing in it. Not long after, a waterspout has lifted the ship clean off the sea and set it down on the moon, where the King of the Moon and the King of the Sun are at war over who gets to colonise the Morning Star.
fearless, incorruptible, independent, a believer in frankness and veracity; one that will call a spade a spade
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